Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-07

| rearing luNeESe LEGISLATION III iue ullleTe1l
! states. lheSe reasons carried the surplus
money OF the eastern and middle states into
| the construction of railroads in the west anC
| northwest With the overthrow of the carpet
bag legislatures and the restoration of state
| governments to their rightfu holders, the
| landowners attention was directed to tht
| south as the most promising field for railroad
| building, but up tn 1852 little had been pro
| jected beyond the necessary. connections
| building between the old roads, Since that
| time great impetus has been given to rail
| rood construction from Virginia to Texas, an
| impetus that has quickened every industrial
interest throughout these states-the building
up OF cities like Birmingham, in Alabama,
! the opening of coal and iron mines in Nir.
| gina, North Carolina and Tennessee, and
the covering of the northern part of Texas
/ with cattle ranches. These states
need and demand railroad facilities
far in advance Of these already attained and
in the next ten wears will receive them if not
interfered with by unfrienuiy legislation, IN
their own states or at Washington. Ihe
northern Mississippi states are similarly
placed. They need more railroads, but with
this bill passed at Washington not one foot
OF raj Is will be laid in these states unless alb
solutelv necessary. For the railroads al
ready eXistng no more favorable legislation
can be asked than the passage of the confer
ence bill as 1t came freln the committee. 1t is
o guarantee against interference from new
roads. You will understand that what
is known as 'paralleing railroad is only
done by capitalists who hope by dividing the
traffic of established (old) roads to sell out at
large profit to the old roads stockholders,
or by cutting rates seriously for year or
two obtain recognition from the pools. The
bill will in effect stop all this. | can readily
understand the vote OF the senators or repre-
sentatives of the northern heather MiSss-
sippi states for the bill, but the vote of q
southern or trans Mississippi congressman
for it ought to consgn him to private life and
the wilderness OF his own farm"
WHO Is SPENCER?
Diligent inquiry has been made to-day to
learn something of James E. Spencer, of
Whitehall, n. Y, who was yesterday APP
pointed associate justice of the supreme court
of Dakota to succeed Church. Further than
that he is lawyer has never sought Office
mendation Of Smith NJ. Weed and 'e ex-Asss-
tant Treasurer Smith nothing can be learned
at the white house. The president says he
does not personally know Spencer
ARMY AFFAIRS.
First Lieutenant Theodore f. True, Fourth
infantry, has been ordered from Fort Coeur
d'Alene to duty as post Quartermaster lat
Boise barracks, Idaho.
Army leaves granted: Major Henry G.
Corben, assistant adiutant general, Chicago,
untll January 20; First Lieutenant Edward
). Farrow, Twenty-iirst infantry one month
extension, with permission to apply for two
months further extension; First Lieutenant
James b. Goe, Thirteenth infantry Fort
Wingate, Now Mexico. until January IA;
Lieutenant Charles w. Faber, Eighth cavalry,
Fort Clark, Texas, one month extension.
Army furloughS authorized: Sergeant
Hugo Pnykolla, company q, Tenth infantry,
Fort Crawford, on the Uncompagre river,
Colorado four months from May L; Sergeant
Max Relchenbach, company &, Sixteenth IN
fahtry, San Antonio Texas, six months, to
90 abroad; Private Charles Hart, company
X, Twentyfourth infantry, Folt Reno, In
dian territory, four months: Corporal John
Morgan, company A, Twelfth infantry. Mad
ison barracks, New York, one month; Private
w. Ill. k ingman, COmDany G., Thirteenth in
farrtry, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, two
months.
During the present year eight army officers
will go on the retired list by the operation of
the law on reaching siXty-four years of age,
as follows: Brigadier General Orlando b.
Wilcox April l6; Colonel Glover Perrin, as
sistant surgeon general, November II; Col
onel Charles E. Blunt, corps of engineers.
February l; Colonel John Hamilton, fourth
artillery, August 10; Lieutenent Colonel
ary /; Major Charles j. Sprague,. paymaster,
April u; First LieutGnent Frederick G.
Nichols, first artillery. August IA; and First
Lieutenent William II. McMinn, eighth in
In the navy five officers will be retired OH
reaching siXty-two years of age, as follows:
Rear Admiral Samue! r. Franklin, August
"a; Rear Admiral John Lee Davis, Septem-
Der 3; Commander William l.. Gibson, May
p; Medical Director Jacob 5. DUNCAN, Jan
uary %; and Medical Director Samuel s.
Cones, September H.
POSTAL CHANGES.
George A. Wall was to-day appointed
postmaster at Patterson, Madison county,
Ia, vice l.. Debod, removed
CAPITAL BRIEFS.
S. S. CroXton, of Omaha. is at Welckers.
Rice ~ Bassett of Chicago, have been
awarded the contract for the brick and stone
work for the DeS Moines public building
For the brick work they get S27, 800. and for
the stone work S9,9O7.